📋 Quiz: Three Worlds Meet

How was the practice of traditional African slavery different from the slavery practiced after European contact? WRONG

Enslaved people rarely had an opportunity to regain their freedom.

What is the best definition for mercantilism?

an economic policy in which countries collect gold or silver and control trade

What was the Commercial Revolution?

an enormous change in the rules of commerce due to the Columbian Exchange

How did the Atlantic slave trade impact the Americas' role in triangular trade? WRONG

It decreased the use of enslaved laborers in factories that manufactured goods to be sold in the Americas.

What were some effects of the Columbian Exchange?

Africa's population declined, the Americas flourished with plants from Europe, and wealth flowed in the European economy.

What is the name for the time period depicted?

Age of Exploration

What aspect of the Commercial Revolution would bring discord between colonists and their mother countries?

All goods and raw materials were tightly regulated by the mother country.

Which statement best describes the effect of Triangular Trade on Africa?

Communities were devastated, the population declined, families were torn apart, and slave trading wars claimed even more African lives.

What was one reason the number of enslaved Africans in the Americas increased?

European demand for crops grown by American plantations

Which correctly matches the product with its place of origin before the Columbian Exchange?

Horse came from Europe

The illustration shows a section of a slave ship along the Middle Passage. What does this drawing show about enslaved Africans aboard this ship?

It shows how tightly they were packed, which led to a harsh and often deadly journey.

Read the following passages from John Newton's diary. Saturday 22 JuneBeing pretty warm, got up the men and washed all the slaves with fresh water. l am much afraid of another ravage from the flux [diarrheal infection], for we have had 8 taken within these few days. Thursday 27 JuneWhen we were putting the slaves down in the evening, one that was sick jumped overboard. Got him in again but he died immediately between his weakness and the salt water he had swallowed, though I imagine he would have lived but a little while being quite worn out. Which claim is supported by this reading?

One of the ship's crew members was counted among those taken.

What gave rise to the slave trade?

The death of many American Indians to disease and the planting of labor-intensive crops.

Read the passage from Olaudah Equiano's autobiography. The closeness of the place, and the heat of the climate, added to the number in the ship, which was so crowded that each had scarcely room to turn himself, almost suffocated us. The air soon became unfit for respiration from a variety of loathsome smells, and brought on a sickness among the slaves, of which many died . . . The shrieks of the women, and the groans of the dying, rendered the whole a scene of horror almost inconceivable. What is the main idea described in the text?

The existence of human suffering filled slave ships.

How did the Columbian Exchange affect the African people?

The introduction of new crops and the decimation of the native population in the New World led to the capture and enslavement of many African people.

The chart shows the Taino population in 1492 was nearly 300,000 and under 10,000 in 1548. What does the chart illustrate about American Indian populations? WRONG

The steep decline of the native population due to exodus of Hispaniola following Columbus's arrival.

The impact of the Commercial Revolution could be most felt in which realm? WRONG

There was a trade-related impact; the increase of global trade had an enormous effect on the Old and New World.

In traditional African slavery, what happened to enslaved people who integrated into the society of their captors? WRONG

They were generally not allowed to earn wages.

Which is the most accurate list of mercantilism rules?

i. Collect gold and silver.ii. Export more goods than what one imports.iii. Have the colonies provide raw materials.iv. Sell manufactured goods from the mother country to colonies.

Which is a positive balance of trade for a country? WRONG

importing goods and exporting services

The Dutch East India Company, the British East India Company, and the Virginia Company were

joint-stock companies

Which aspect of the financial system created by the Commercial Revolution most clearly paved the way for today's corporations?

joint-stock companies

The map below shows a graphic representation of an important movement in the 16th - 18th centuries. What do the arrows show?

the movement of goods, money, and enslaved people that made up Triangular Trade

Why were joint-stock companies created?

to reduce the risk of overseas business